Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi tuyển tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2022-2023

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 (Đề thi gồm cú 5 trang)

ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI TUYỂN TỈNH 
 NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
 Mụn thi : Tiếng Anh 
Thời gian làm bài:150 phỳt (khụng kể thời gian giao đề )
Ngày thi: 31/05/2023

PART ONE: LISTENING 
Part 1: You will hear a radio interview with Jack Williams, who is talking about a town called Swanton. Choose the letter A, B, or C to indicate the correct answer to each question.
1. Where is the town of Swanton located?
 A. near the sea B. by a lake C. on a hill
2. What does Jack like most about living in Swanton?
 A. There are opportunities for climbing nearby.
 B. There is plenty of activity in the town.
 C. There is interesting wildlife near the town.
3. What does Jack say about entertainment in Swanton?
 A. A music festival takes place in the town.
 B. Its football club has done well this year.
 C. An arts centre has recently opened.
4. Jack is worried about the environment of Swanton because
 A. the water in the river is dirty.
 B. there are few wild birds around today. 
 C. pollution has destroyed the plants in one area.
5. What does Jack say about the way Swanton has changed?
 A. He preferred the town when it was smaller.
 B. He thinks it is a more interesting place.
 C. He is sorry that there are fewer jobs available.
Part 2: You will hear a conversation between a girl called Julia and her father, about choosing a course at university. Decide if each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F).
6. Julia wants to choose a course as soon as possible.
7. Julia's father thinks that studying business may be boring.
8. Julia's father believes Julia's friend is making the wrong choice.
9. Julia's father thinks she might find studying business too difficult.
10. Julia is confident about her math.
Part 3: You will hear a woman talking on the radio about a singing course she attended. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space 
SINGING FOR BEGINNERS
Place: Brownstoke College
Course details:
- Lena Phipps used to be an (11) _______singer.
-The maximum number of students per course is (12) _______
-All classes start with some exercises to help students to relax. 
-Students learn to sing (13), _______modern and pop songs
 -Accommodation is in single or twin rooms 
-Cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner are included 
-The lunch is very good and the (14) _______can be recommended
Date the next course starts: (15) _______ ,24th September
PART TWO: PHONETICS 
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 
16. A. naked 	
B. coughed 	
C. hatred 	
D. sacred
17. A. apology 
B. classify 
C. testify 
D. verify
II. Circle the word whose main stress is different from that of the others. 
18. A. recommend
B. individual 
C. spectator
D. unexpected
19. A. selfish 
B. correct 
C. purpose 
D. surface
20. A. popular 
B. position 
C. horrible 
D. positive




PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 
I. Circle the best answer to complete the following sentences. 
21. . the book, please return it to me.
A. Will you have found
B. Should you find
C. Will you be finding 
D. Will you find
22. He has three cars, .. are worth more than a million dollars.
A. that 
B. one of which 
C. two of them 
D. two of which
23. Yesterday my mother bought.
A. Italian some beautiful cotton hats
B. some hats beautiful Italian cotton
C. some beautiful Italian cotton hats
D. beautiful Italian some cotton hats
24. Books .. of leather are long lasting than books that are made of paper.
A. which made 
B. making 
C. are made 
D. made
25. I love the painting of an old man. He has such a beautiful, .... smile. 	
A. childhood 
B. childish 
C. childless 
D. childlike
26. Nga: Would you mind if I closed the door? It’s too cold outside.
 Lan: _______.
A. I’d rather you didn’t. It’s stuffy.
B. No, I don’t like.
C. No, never mind.	
D. Why not do it?
27. Neither the boy’s parents nor I satisfied with his progress. 
A. am
B. is
C. are
D. has
28. They seemed to be .. to the criticism and just carried on as before.
A. disinterested 
B. indifferent 
C. sensitive 
D. uncaring
29. Please .. and see us some time. You’re always welcome.
A. come to 
B. come around 
C. come about 
D. come away
30. We've been together through..............in our friendship, and we won't desert each other now. 
A. bad and good
B. thick and thin
C. odds and ends
D. spick and span
II. Give the correct tense/ form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete the sentences. 
31-32. He (play) .. the part now if he (not offend)  the producer at the last rehearsal. 
33. There was a cold wind (blow).. in our faces as we were in the field. 
34. They (live)  in Australia now, they would go swimming
35. I wish it (not rain) now so that we could go out for a walk. 
36. Nam, together with his classmates, (be).. in the voluntary program last year. 
37. Janet wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she (forget) ............................. I was coming.
38. It is important that two medicines (take) .. every day.
III. Give the correct form of the word in the brackets and write your answers on the answer sheet. 
39.The ............... staff consists of ten experienced journalists. (edit) 
40.Leisure habits won’t change much in the .............. future. (see). 
41.Tom was accused of stealing some ................ documents. (confidence) 
42. The sun and the moon are often ................... in poetry. (person). 
43. Customers made a formal .......... about the way they were treated. (complain) 
44. The slice of pork was.., so she refused to eat it. She was afraid of having a stomachache. (cook)
45. After ............. attempts, Minh finally passed his graduation examination.	(repeat)	
IV. There are FIVE mistakes in the following paragraph. Underline the mistakes and write the corrections in the given space.
Your big exams are just around the crossroad and you have only two or three days left to do some serious revision. You have to commit to memory the history of the Industrial Revolution - so why are you organising the kitchen cupboards? Ordinarily, it is not a task that you would choose to do unless you really had to, but suddenly you feel the time is right to take particular attention to this area of the house and make it look spotless. The books upstairs can wait. Such behaviour is known as procrastination - a deliberate attempt to avoid something which really needs to do, but which you can't be bothered to do. Other examples of this sort of behaviour include browsing the Internet or watch television when the kitchen sink is full of dirty dishes, or going off to get tea and coffee at the office instead of finishing the work you've been given. In short, procrastination is the art of calling off until tomorrow what should be done today. More often than not, the real reason why a procrastinator delays a job is that they have a vague hope that someone else might just do it for them.
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PART FOUR: READING 
I. Read the text below and fill in each blank with the most suitable word.
	As ChatGPT gains rapid adoption (51) _______ kids, there are justifiable fears about the safety of the viral chatbot in the (52) _______ of younger children. For a technology that kids are rapidly turning to for information and help on a wide range of issues, many things could go (53) _______.
Consequently, several questions come to mind. Should kids be (54) _______ to use ChatGPT? What are some useful ways kids can use ChatGPT safely? How can parents and caregivers ensure that kids use ChatGPT safely?
	(55) _______ ChatGPT can be an immensely valuable resource for kids to learn and explore new things, there are inherent risks associated with (56) _______ kids use the technology. One such (57) _______ is the possibility of being exposed to inappropriate content.
While ChatGPT is designed to provide informative, safe, and helpful responses, its vast training data includes a wide range of information, including topics (58) _______ may not be suitable for children. This could be (59) _______ from explicit language, description of violent or sexual imagery, or misinformation.
	However, OpenAI has aggressively implemented measures to keep the responses generated by ChatGPT appropriate and safe for children. This includes filtering (60) _______ explicit or offensive language and automatically detecting when a user may engage in inappropriate conversations.
There are risks, yes, but with adult supervision and OpenAI's safety measures, kids should be able to use ChatGPT safely.
II. Read the following passage and choose the option that indicates the correct answer to each of the following questions.
	 The Winterthur Museum is a collection and a house. There are many museums devoted to the decorative arts and many house museums, but rarely in the United States is a great collection displayed in a great country house. Passing through successive generations of a single family, Winterthur has been a private estate for more than a century. Even after the extensive renovations made to it between 1929 and 1931, the house remained a family residence. This fact is of importance to the atmosphere and effect of the museum. The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitor; the rooms look as if they were vacated only a short while ago - whether by the original owners of the furniture or the most recent residents of the house can be a matter of personal interpretation. Winterthur remains, then, a house in which a collection of furniture and architectural elements has been assembled. Like an English country house, it is an organic structure; the house, as well as the collection and manner of displaying it to the visitor, has changed over the years. The changes have coincided with developing concepts of the American arts, increased knowledge on the part of collectors and students, and a progression toward the achievement of a historical effect in period-room displays. The rooms at Winterthur have followed this current, yet still retained the character of a private house.
	 The concept of a period room as a display technique has developed gradually over the years in an effort to present works of art in a context that would show them to greater effect and would give them more meaning for the viewers. Comparable to the habitat group in a natural history museum, the period room represents the decorative arts in a lively and interesting manner and provides an opportunity to assemble objects related by style, date, or place of manufacture.
61. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The reason that Winterthur was redesigned.
B. Elements that make Winterthur an unusual museum.
C. How Winterthur compares to English country houses.
D. Historical furniture contained in Winterthur.
62. The phrase “devoted to” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. surrounded by 	B. sentimental about C. successful with D. specializing in
63. What happened at Winterthur between 1929 and 1931?
A. The owners moved out. 	B. The old furniture was replaced.
C. The house was repaired. 	D. The estate became a museum.
64. What does the author mean by stating “The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitor” in paragraph 1?
A. Winterthur is very old.	 	 B. Winterthur does not look like a typical museum.
C. Few people visit Winterthur. D. The furniture at Winterthur looks comfortable
65. The word “assembled” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. developed B. appreciated	C. brought together D. fundamentally changed
66. The word “it” in bold in paragraph 1 refers to _______. 
A. Winterthur Museum 	B. collection 	
C. English country house 	 D. visitor
67. The word “developing” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. traditional 	B. exhibiting 	C. informative 	 D. evolving
68. According to the passage, objects in a period room are related by all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A. date 	B. style 	C. place of manufacture D. past ownership
69. What is the relationship between the two paragraphs in the passage?
A. The second paragraph explains a term that was mentioned in the first paragraph.
B. Each paragraph describes a different approach to the display of objects in a museum.
C. The second paragraph explains a philosophy art appreciation that contrasts with the 
 philosophy explained in the first paragraph.
D. Each paragraph describes a different historical period.
70. Where in the passage does the author explain why displays at Winterthur have changed?
A. Lines 1-3 	B. Lines 5-6 	C. Lines 7-10 	D. Lines 11-13
III. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer by circling the corresponding letter (A, B, C or D). 
Dolphins are known as cetaceans, or marine (71)  : they breathe air, they are warm-blooded, and they bear live young ones called (72) .. .
The size of dolphins varies greatly. The smallest dolphin is just about 50 kg in weight and 1.2 meters in length (73) . the largest one can weigh up to 8,200 kg and 10 meters long.
Dolphins are sociable creatures. They swim together in groups known as (74)  . They show great ability in the water and you can often (75) .. them playing (76) . ships. Dolphins are interested in humans and often rescue people in the sea (77)  are in danger. They are intelligent creatures and make sound to (78)  with each other. Scientists have studied dolphins (79) . many years and are now looking into the possibility of dolphins (80) .. able to carry out tasks under the sea.
71. A. fish
B. creatures
C. mammals
D. life
72. A. babies
B. calves
C. young
D. diets
73. A. when
B. as
C. while
D. since
74. A. currents
B. flocks
C. herds
D. schools
75. A. look down
B. come across
C. run after
D. go by
76. A. around
B. on
C. in
D. next
77. A. which
B. they
C. when
D. who
78. A. talk
B. contact
C. communicate
D. connect
79. A. in
B. since
C. for
D. during
80. A. be
B. being
C. are
D. that are

PART FIVE: WRITING 
I. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it. 
81. I expected the film to be good, but it wasn’t at all.
=> The film didn’t live ............................................ 
82.It was careless of you to leave the door open last night.
=> You shouldn’t ..
83.He was punished because of his bad behavior.
=>Had he
84. He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work.
=> He objected ...................................................................................................................
85. Public opinion was so strong that the Prime Minister had to resign.
=> Such 
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one using the word given. Do not change the word given. 
86. It was snowing so they cancelled the football match. (OWING)
=>The football 
87. It is impossible to lend you any more money, I’m afraid. (QUESTION)
=> Lending
88. I assume you’re hungry. (GRANTED)
=>I
89. We agree that each of us would do the washing -up on alternate days. (TURNS)
=>We agree that
90. There’s nothing new about crimes of passion. (HILLS)
=>Crimes
III. Essay writing: 
 Modern lifestyles mean that many parents have little time for their children. Many children suffer because they do not get as much attention from their parents as children did in the past. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Your writing should have about 150-180 words.
Note: You are not allowed to include any of your personal information such as your name, school’s name in your writing.
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